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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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